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FlashHelper using ASP.Net MVC TempData

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:21:33 +0000

ASP.Net Temp data is great for displaying messages to the user. It is similar to using Flash in Ruby on Rails. Lets get started on writing our own Flash HtmlHelper for ASP.Net MVC.

The enum that specifies the type of the Flash Message is as given below.

The class that represents the FlashMessage is as given below.

Finally FlashHelper class contains the logic for adding a flash message and displaying the FlashMessage. The code is as given below.

The Flash method is a HTMLHelper extension method. To display the FlashMessage in your view you can use the following code.

The AddFlash method is an extension method for theTempDataDictionary. In your controller action you can call this method to populate theFlashMessage to display.

Now all that remains is styling the css for the message. A very good articleon styling these messages is posted by Janko. I am using the same CSS with different class name viz. flash-info, flash-warning, flash-error and flash-success.

You can download the Code file and css here - code.zip.

Silo Dashboard Tour - My first movie

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:04:16 +0000

I wanted to make movies when I was in college. Well my wish has come true. I have created my first movie.

It is about the Dashboard feature in Silo - My Project Management and collaboration tool. It came out pretty interesting. You can watch the hi resolution video on Silo Product Tour page.

You can also watch a low resolution smaller video right here.

Silo Project Management - First 15 days are free

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:01:35 +0000

After receiving a lot of feedback for Silo, we now offer Silo free for an initial period of 15 days. Yes, the first 15 days of all projects you create on Silo are now absolutely free. You can now try Silo before you decide to pay for it.